I got my MBP engraved EDIT: Finished pictures!

I posted here a couple days ago about getting my MBP etched and how it wont void my warranty.

Well i searched online for a few places and i found 2-3 pretty good places but high prices for laser etching and it involved me sending my MBP away from a week or two. So i decided to see if anywhere around me would do it, considering i live in a town of 37,000 people it isnt the biggest but not the smallest city. But i found one place that does plaques and trophy etching, so i gave them a call and they said we have a laser etching machine.

So i went there and showed them what i wanted etched on my MBP and he said ive never done it before on a laptop but ill try to etch your name on the bottom where it has the etching from apple already and ill let you know. So i asked how much, thinking it would be the price ive seen from the 2-3 places, he surprised me by saying $15 . So i went through with it and one day later.

Sorry for the not so great pictures, i just took a few shots with my iphone.

I'm currently drawing up something else for the other 3/4th of blank space.
I'll post another thread when its done and etched!

Yes, people LOOK for laptops with names prominently engraved on them. Given a choice of a 3 laptops they would obviously take the one that has been personalized. Because it's so easy to resell them...to people with that name. And it's not like it would be easy to identify at a pawnshop/police station.

This is a really cool idea - I just haven't done it because I find myself thinking about it like I think about a tattoo - once it's there, it's there. I just can't decide what I'd want on there forever.

If I could get it done, I'd probably have old school mario put on there with some blocks and pipes or something. Kinda like the ones on Katie's tattoo she just got. That would be sweet!

And for the people talking about resale - the guy obviously doesn't care - he said he's keeping it until it dies, which is exactly what I'm planning to do with mine.

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